Category Archives: ESNG meetings

Stuttgart 2014 #3 – ESNG at play

ESNG ran our usual four track N-mod circuit for the four days of the show.  It was linked to the main N-club double track modular layout by a pair of junctions.  This allowed the inner three tracks to run our … Continue reading

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Stuttgart 2014 #2 – The Bartlett’s have landed!

For the next week or so I will blog through the Stuttgart show.  I’m wasn’t quite clever enough to ‘live-blog’ it all, so I’ve come back with a load of photographs, and I’ll post a few chosen ones. Maxine and I arrived in … Continue reading

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Stuttgart 2014 #1 – Set up day

Well, I haven’t got there yet, but here are some photographs from Allan, taken on Wednesday during the show set up day.  It never fails to amaze me how any model railway show comes together, when an empty hall and … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – Change of meeting date and loading for Stuttgart

A quick reminder for all ESNG members. As ever in November, the Wednesday 19 meeting clashes with Stuttgart, and most of the railway and some of the members will be in Germany. We are going to put this meeting back … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 6 November 2014

A good turnout of a dozen members last night.  Not a lot to report, and I slipped off home early, partly since it was Maxine’s birthday, and partly since I was tired, having spent a lot of time fitting new … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 15 October 2014

Lots of new trains on the circuit tonight.  I ran a ‘new’ second-hand Farish O8 shunter in early BR black that I couldn’t resist.  Next came a test run of my new 5-BEL EMU.  The Brighton Belle looks gorgeous and runs … Continue reading

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ESNG Curry Club – 11 October 2014

We had planned to have an ESNG ‘PlayDay’ on Saturday, setting up the club N-mod circuit for the whole day rather than just for an evening.  This has been a success in the past, as people can drop in and … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 2 October 2014

It was a quiet club night tonight.  A few of us sat around wondering whether or not to set up a circuit, but when Ted brought along a friend with a locomotive to test, we thought we had better do … Continue reading

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ESNG exhibition – April 2015 – update

April 2015 seems a long way away – but I’m sure it will soon be with us.  But I’m relieved to have booked all the exhibits we need by October (barring disasters of any kind, of course).  I think it’s going to … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 17 September 2014

I’m somewhere in the wilds of Turkey as you read this, but here are a couple of scenic views from a year ago to show just how good the countryside is, and what the roads can do to a Land Rover … Continue reading

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